The Sandcastle.

£575 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

With a letter from Iris Murdoch apologising to the recipient, Wendy, for missing a social call. She explains that her mother’s ill cat had to be put to sleep. She says “We drank half a bottle of gin together afterwards. These things are so sad.” A very good copy, dust jacket a little rubbed and marked, very lightly worn with some loss at the corners. Boards lightly tanned at the edges and spine.

• Year: 1957

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